The Los Angeles Times
Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 00:00
Jesus Rey David Alfaro, known as the Little Rooster, is one of at least six singers of narcocorrido ballads about drug trafficking who have been slain since Mexico's drug war flared in 2006
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
In 2006, celebrations greeted word that the leader was ill. Now people aren't sure his resignation will change much in Cuba
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
For five decades, Castro was Cuba. Without him, what will Cuba become?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Few expect any dramatic reforms or the advent of Western-style political freedoms after Castro relinquishes power
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
His brother Raul may not take the helm as expected. The U.S. has no immediate plans to alter policy
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
They're found to have slaughtered 10 police officers on the orders of drug traffickers in May 2006
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Castro, 81, and ailing with an undisclosed intestinal disorder, announced in a statement carried on the state-run Granma International newspaper website early today that he was stepping down
Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 00:00
The one-time party mecca is a ghost of its former self. But merchants say beautification efforts and police crackdowns have left downtown safer and spiffier than in years
Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 00:00
Last August, the Argentine opened some luggage for a routine inspection. She found $800,000 -- and then fame for her role in an international scandal
Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 00:00
Mexico is not home to any major terrorist groups, but it was hit last year by a series of bomb attacks on oil installations by a small left-wing guerrilla group